Tail Sampling Can Save the Right Traces—or Quietly Lose Them
Keeping fewer traces can improve observability—if the traces you keep are the ones that explain failure. Many teams begin with simple probabilistic sampling: retain […]
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Cardinality Is a Reliability Risk: Build a Metric Budget Before It Builds Your Bill
High-cardinality metrics can raise costs and quietly weaken dashboards and SLOs. Build a practical metric budget that protects both infrastructure and operational meaning.